Game One: Athletics 2, Giants 1
WP: Fiers (2-0)
LP: Bryant (0-3)
Save: Hendriks (3)
HR: Olson (3), K Davis (2)
Game Two: Giants 7, Athletics 4
WP: Barr (1-1)
LP: Anderson (0-1)
Save: Moffitt (1)
HR: Bonds (2), Profar (3), K Davis (3)
Game Three: Athletics 8, Giants 5
WP: Diekman (2-0)
LP: Sosa (0-1)
Save: Hendriks (4)
HR: Laureano (2), Canha (2), Olson (4)
Game Four: Athletics 12, Giants 11 (13 innings)
WP: Petit (1-0)
LP: Moffitt (0-1)
Save: Hendriks (5)
HR: McCovey (2), Da Rader (2), Olson (5), Grossman (1)
Game Five: Giants 6, Athletics 5
WP: Willoughby (1-0)
LP: Fiers (2-1)
Save: Moffitt (2)
HR: Goodson (1), Kingman (2), Chapman (3), Olson (6), Piscotty (1)
Game Six: Giants 5, Athletics 2
WP: Barr (2-1)
LP: Anderson (0-2)
Save: Sosa (2)
HR: Kingman (3), Chapman (4)
Game Seven: Giants 12, Athletics 1
WP: Bradley (3-0)
LP: Bailey (0-1)
HR: Maddox (2), McCovey (3)
Down three games to one, the 1973 San Francisco Giants pounded Oakland's pitching for 23 runs to win the final three games and take the series.
The opener, in Oakland, was the one true pitcher's duel of the series. The A's got solo homers from Khris Davis and Matt Olson, and Mike Fiers allowed one run in seven innings for the win.
Jim Barr went seven innings, allowing two earned runs, for the Game Two win at the Giants evened the series. The Giants 1-4 hitters hit for the cycle in the fourth inning off Brett Anderson -- Bobby Bonds led off with a homer, Garry Maddox singled. Gary Matthews tripled and Willie McCovey doubled.
The series moved across the Bay to Candlestick Park for Game Three. Maddox hit a bases-loaded triple in the third as the Giants took a 5-1 lead and drove Homer Bailey from the game. But the A's chipped away at Tom Bradley, making his first start since his series-clinching no-hitter in the first round, for a run in the fifth and two more in the sixth. Elias Sosa relieved to open the seventh and gave up a a grand slam to Matt Olson, which gave the A's an 8-5 lead that stood. Oakland used five relief pitchers over the final six innings.
The Giants jumped on the A's early in Game Four again only to see another big lead go away. Dave Rader and Willie McCovey homered in the second inning as San Francisco took a 9-2 lead off Tanner Roark. But Juan Marichal couldn't make it through the fifth inning, as the A's scored five runs on a double, two walks and four singles. Oakland capped the comeback with a three-run ninth aided by a pair of errors by Ed Goodson at third base. That rally tied the game at 11, a score that stood until Robbie Grossman homered in the 13th off Randy Moffitt.
Both teams scored three runs in the first inning of Game Five, but Fiers and Bryant steadied after that. Oakland took a 5-3 lead in the sixth on a two-run homer by Matt Chapman. But with their bullpen depleted by consecutive short starts, the A's tried to ride Fiers too far. Dave Kingman, pinch-hitting for Bryant, tied the game with a homer, and the Giants took the lead in the seventh on a Tito Fuentes sac fly.
The series moved back to Oakland. The Giants broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning of Game Six with three unearned runs off Anderson. Barr took a three-hitter into the ninth, but was pulled after walking the leadoff man, with Sam McDowell getting one out and Sosa the last two to even the series.
Game Seven turned into a rout early. Maddox hit a solo homer in the first. The A's tied it in the second on a Josh Phegley double. But the Giants scored six runs in the third -- an inning that only ended end Fuentes was caught on the hidden ball trick -- and added on in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.
Player availablity: No injuries for the Giants, and the bullpen will be fully ready for Round Three
Projected rotation: Bryant-Marichal-Bradley-Barr-(Bryant)-(Marichal)-(Bradley)
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